The latest fiasco concerning Jarryd Hayne taking a near 60% pay cut and NRL being okay with it has once again highlighted the vagaries with a salary-cap/TPA arrangement as we know it. It is clear that some clubs do this very well while the majority cannot compete.

Some others on this forum that know the game better than I, have been suggesting a rating or points system for players/teams instead of a salary cap. I now agree with them!

From my work as a designer, I've learned that virtually everything in life can be exactly quantified. It's basically how the human race operates. There is absolutely no reason why an NRL player can't be quantified. This could be interpreted as a value - but not a Fantasy type value, it would need to be far more complex and far-reaching than that.

It absolutely can be done properly - not that I'm confident the NRL could do it properly given their track record. But the way that things are going seem to be reaching boiling point and is not good for the longevity of the game.

Still comes back to supply and demand which will mess with the points system

An example would be the current situation with fullbacks and hookers , most clubs have good quality fullbacks and hookers

Then rate the backrowers and centres , far different situation

One club's diamond might be another club's fools gold , how do you rate that ??

That would be up to the club, not the rating. Like a players worth being 'market value', that depends on the market at the time and the clubs chasing the player. Market value doesn't necessarily mean the player's value, if you know what I mean.

Still comes back to supply and demand which will mess with the points system

An example would be the current situation with fullbacks and hookers , most clubs have good quality fullbacks and hookers

Then rate the backrowers and centres , far different situation

One club's diamond might be another club's fools gold , how do you rate that ??

That would be up to the club, not the rating. Like a players worth being 'market value', that depends on the market at the time and the clubs chasing the player. Market value doesn't necessarily mean the player's value, if you know what I mean.

I think it could work , but you'd need to find a way to make home grown talent worth more to the club that produced it and you'd have to rate every player in the world or clubs would just start bringing every Pommie player they could over

And then the other issue is rating International players , as we have seen there are international players and then you have "international" players

I think a points or rating system is the fairest way. Remove the cap, let the roosters etc pay what they want for the best players they can afford under a points system. It would be non sensitive information that would be fine for the public domain. Discounts for home grown talent, and that's it, a workable model.

This would mean player salaries remain private, which I believe they should unless there is illegal activity involved in them earning a living.

I know it looks impossible, and probably will never happen because the sport is corrupt. We can still dream that the "leaders" who run the game could actually do something to justify their salaries.

Still comes back to supply and demand which will mess with the points system

An example would be the current situation with fullbacks and hookers , most clubs have good quality fullbacks and hookers

Then rate the backrowers and centres , far different situation

One club's diamond might be another club's fools gold , how do you rate that ??

That would be up to the club, not the rating. Like a players worth being 'market value', that depends on the market at the time and the clubs chasing the player. Market value doesn't necessarily mean the player's value, if you know what I mean.

I think it could work , but you'd need to find a way to make home grown talent worth more to the club that produced it and you'd have to rate every player in the world or clubs would just start bringing every Pommie player they could over

And then the other issue is rating International players , as we have seen there are international players and then you have "international" players

I think the international sides are classified by tier already mate, as there are special rules for tier 2 countries or whatever they are called, during the World Cup.

Nonetheless, it would be hard to classify by rep honours. Danny Levi would struggle to make some Clubs' bench and ran out as NZ hooker. Godinet might have been next in line

Still comes back to supply and demand which will mess with the points system

An example would be the current situation with fullbacks and hookers , most clubs have good quality fullbacks and hookers

Then rate the backrowers and centres , far different situation

One club's diamond might be another club's fools gold , how do you rate that ??

That would be up to the club, not the rating. Like a players worth being 'market value', that depends on the market at the time and the clubs chasing the player. Market value doesn't necessarily mean the player's value, if you know what I mean.

I think it could work , but you'd need to find a way to make home grown talent worth more to the club that produced it and you'd have to rate every player in the world or clubs would just start bringing every Pommie player they could over

And then the other issue is rating International players , as we have seen there are international players and then you have "international" players

It's all do-able Hap. Like I said, I've found that everything can be quantified. Once a template is set, it would be a straight-forward process to give any player a rating. There may have to be a hundred fields in the template, but it can definitely be done. Yes, even the 'intangibles'...

Obviously some rookies come with big wraps when they come in but aren't tested at NRL level or would they all receive the same rating

I'd think that whatever programme is written for this would update automatically, so possibly daily? But once signed at a certain rating that amount/figure would stay the same in the team's cap for that contract.

I know even less about the ins and outs of rookies and while there might be merit in all rookies being viewed equally, I'm sure a template would be written to rate them too. Probably that would be done in any case... this could ultimately flow on to start when the player starts playing.

Then since Lovett had better stats in an easy situation he shoots up the rankings to top 10 forwards in the game and Taumalalo has to play without the stars in his team against an international-quality opponent with their strongest team and drops outside top 20. But if they swapped situations Taumalalo would've doubled Lovett's stats and Lovett would've halved Taumalalo's stats because Taumalalo > Lovett.

So this is definitely how the NRL should do the rankings if they somehow decide to do it.

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

Are Real estate Salaries made public..?

Ivan's Laws

1. You are either on the Bus or you are off..
2. The Star of the Team is the Team
3. Be the player your teammates want to play with..

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

Are Real estate Salaries made public..?

Pretty much.. - you can go to ratemyagent.com.au and see what volumes agents do, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what agents are earning, once you know what their cuts are...

I do understand where you are coming from though Geo - Salary is one of the great last taboos to discuss -
however I feel it's about building the culture - the key point I make is that in my model you know EXACTLY what you are signing into as a player and as a manager - if you don't want your salary disclosed, don't play professional rugby league - simple.

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

Are Real estate Salaries made public..?

Are Real Estates governed by an industry imposed salary cap?

I've seen diamonds cut through harder men than you yourself but if you must pretend you may meet your end.

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

Are Real estate Salaries made public..?

Are Real Estates governed by an industry imposed salary cap?

Thats true - and from that because it is industry imposed i believe every club should have to publish what they are paying each player from their cap. TPAs would not be disclosed as they are outside the cap and supposedly are removed from the club. It would give fans a much clearer indication of how unfair the whole system is. Of course its never going to happen as the NRL know it would make a mockery of the whole salary system.

make it start from a certain year, so it gets rolled in, and this way within 10 years the league becomes completely transparant, and this way players know exactly what they are signing up for before they commence with a Professional contract with the NRL.

Are Real estate Salaries made public..?

Pretty much.. - you can go to ratemyagent.com.au and see what volumes agents do, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what agents are earning, once you know what their cuts are...

I do understand where you are coming from though Geo - Salary is one of the great last taboos to discuss -
however I feel it's about building the culture - the key point I make is that in my model you know EXACTLY what you are signing into as a player and as a manager - if you don't want your salary disclosed, don't play professional rugby league - simple.

The guy who sold our place charges a flat 2.5% commission. Not sure what the split is in the commission between agent and principal, but even if it was only 25% the bloke moves houses like hotcakes and would still be earning at least two or three hundred grand a year.

I've seen diamonds cut through harder men than you yourself but if you must pretend you may meet your end.